Improvement in attaching handles to axes



datent otitis.

T. I-I. TYNDALE, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 90,412, dated Ma/y 25, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom this may concern.; l

Be it known that II, T. H. TYNDALE, of Belleville, in the county of St. Clair, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement for Fastening Axe-Handlesg and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and letters marked thereon, making a part of this description, ih which- Figure l is a view of an axe with my handle-attachment.

Figure 2, a view of the staple removed from the handle.

Figure 3, a transverse section of the handle andstaple adjusted in the axe.. Y

Figure 4, a perspective representation of the'band, throughwhich the staple passes, removed from the handle.

The present invention relatesto an improvementin the means for fastening the handles of axes, hammers, 85e.; and

Its nature consists in the application of a band, which is driven on the handle, and forms a shoulder for the eye of the axe orhammer to bear against, and through which a staple is put, and so bent over. as to t in grooves made in that part of. the handle which passes through the eye, the prongs of the staple being long enough to clinch at the opposite end of the eye, and thus hold the handle firmly in'place.

To enable others to fully comprehend the construction of my invention, I have marked corresponding parts with similar letters, and will now give a detailed description.

4A represents an ordinary axe, to which the handle B is fastened in the following manner:

A metal band, C, having flanges, D, on its inner edges, is driven on the handle B, and holes are made through it, to receive a staple, E.

This staple is made of any suitable metal, and, after it has been put through the band G and handle B, the prongs m m are bent over, and set closely into the groove x az, fig. 3, made in the edges of that part of the handle which passes through the eye of the axe.

The handle B and prongs m m, in place, are driven through the eye of the axe, and the ends of the prongs clinched over, as seen at n n, iig. 1.

The flanges D, on the band C, prevent the handle B from working too far through the eye, and the clinchers ln n, at the endsof the staple, keep it from coming out of it The object of grooving the edges of the handle, asV

shown at :c x, iig.- 3, is to allow the wood to fill all of the eye of the axe not taken up by the staple, and thus secure, for the handle, as much strength as pos` sible, and prevent from working loose.

That there is considerable difficulty experienced in securing handles to axes and other tools is well known, and also that the means heretofore employed to obvia-te this difculty have been impractical. It is the purpose of this invention to provide such means for fastening the handles as are cheap,'convenient, and practical, and it is claimed that the one shown and herein described fullyanswers this end.

Having thus fully describedmy invention,

Vvhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination of the handle B, band C, and staple E,'when all the parts are constructed and arranged to operate as shown and described.

Vit-nesscs: Ts H. TYNDALE.

Lotlms NILES, D. S. LOMBARD. 

